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Life Expectancy in Rwanda vs United States (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 68.2 years in Rwanda vs 79.6 in the United States. Rwanda is ranked 148/197 by life expectancy, and the United States is 47/197. In Rwanda, the life expectancy is 65.9 years for males and 70.4 years for females. In the United States, it's 77.2 years for males and 82.1 years for females.

Rwanda vs United States life expectancy at birth by year chart

Rwanda
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Rwanda United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.2 42.7 43.7 68.1 65.4 71
1951 43.5 42.9 44 68.2 65.4 71.2
1952 43.8 43.3 44.3 68.4 65.5 71.5
1953 44.1 43.6 44.6 68.7 65.8 71.9
1954 44.4 43.9 44.9 69.5 66.6 72.7
1955 44.8 44.3 45.3 69.6 66.6 72.8
1956 45.2 44.7 45.7 69.6 66.6 72.9
1957 45.6 45.1 46.1 69.4 66.4 72.7
1958 46.1 45.5 46.6 69.7 66.6 73
1959 46.5 46 47.1 69.9 66.8 73.3
1960 47 46.5 47.5 69.8 66.6 73.3
1961 47.5 46.9 48 70.3 67 73.7
1962 47.8 47.2 48.3 70.1 66.9 73.6
1963 44 42.9 45.1 69.9 66.6 73.5
1964 48.1 47.5 48.7 70.2 66.8 73.8
1965 48.2 47.6 48.7 70.2 66.8 73.9
1966 48.1 47.5 48.6 70.2 66.7 74
1967 48 47.4 48.5 70.5 66.9 74.3
1968 47.7 47.2 48.3 70.2 66.6 74.1
1969 47.4 46.9 48 70.5 66.8 74.4
1970 47.1 46.6 47.6 70.7 67 74.6
1971 46.8 46.3 47.2 71.1 67.4 75
1972 46.3 45.9 46.8 71.2 67.4 75.1
1973 45.9 45.6 46.3 71.4 67.6 75.3
1974 45.6 45.2 45.9 72 68.2 75.8
1975 45.3 45 45.6 72.5 68.7 76.5
1976 45.3 44.9 45.7 72.8 69.1 76.7
1977 45.6 45.1 46.1 73.2 69.4 77.1
1978 46.2 45.5 46.8 73.4 69.6 77.2
1979 47.1 46.3 47.9 73.8 70 77.7
1980 48.1 47.2 49.1 73.7 70 77.5
1981 49.2 48.1 50.3 74.1 70.4 77.8
1982 50.2 49 51.4 74.5 70.8 78.1
1983 50.9 49.6 52.3 74.6 71 78.1
1984 51.4 50 52.9 74.7 71.1 78.2
1985 51.7 50.2 53.2 74.7 71.1 78.2
1986 51.7 50.2 53.3 74.7 71.1 78.3
1987 51.5 50 53 74.9 71.3 78.4
1988 50.9 49.5 52.4 74.8 71.3 78.3
1989 49.5 47.5 51.6 75.1 71.6 78.6
1990 47.8 45.4 50.3 75.4 71.8 78.8
1991 46.2 43.7 49.1 75.5 72 79
1992 44.4 41.8 47.3 75.8 72.3 79.2
1993 42.9 40.6 45.5 75.6 72.2 78.9
1994 12.2 11.4 13.3 75.7 72.4 79.1
1995 41.5 39.2 43.7 75.9 72.6 79.1
1996 42.5 40.6 44.2 76.2 73.1 79.2
1997 42 39.6 44.3 76.5 73.5 79.4
1998 43.1 40.7 45.4 76.7 73.8 79.4
1999 45.7 44.3 47.1 76.7 73.9 79.3
2000 47.8 46.5 49 76.8 74.1 79.4
2001 49.5 48 50.9 76.9 74.3 79.5
2002 51.3 49.9 52.5 77 74.3 79.6
2003 53.5 52.3 54.7 77.1 74.5 79.7
2004 55.5 54.1 56.8 77.5 75 80.1
2005 57 55.3 58.4 77.5 75 80.1
2006 58.3 56.5 60 77.8 75.2 80.3
2007 59.5 57.5 61.3 78 75.5 80.6
2008 60.6 58.5 62.6 78.1 75.6 80.6
2009 61.8 59.7 63.7 78.5 76 80.9
2010 62.8 60.9 64.5 78.7 76.2 81.1
2011 63.5 61.5 65.3 78.7 76.3 81.1
2012 64.2 62.2 65.9 78.8 76.4 81.2
2013 64.7 62.6 66.5 78.8 76.4 81.2
2014 65.1 62.9 67 78.9 76.5 81.3
2015 65.4 63.2 67.4 78.7 76.3 81.1
2016 65.7 63.5 67.8 78.7 76.2 81.2
2017 66.1 63.8 68.2 78.6 76.2 81.2
2018 66.4 64.1 68.4 78.8 76.3 81.3
2019 66.7 64.4 68.8 78.9 76.5 81.5
2020 67 64.6 69.1 77 74.3 79.9
2021 66.8 64.6 68.9 76.4 73.6 79.4
2022 67.5 65.2 69.6 78 75.3 80.8
2023 67.8 65.5 69.9 79.3 76.9 81.8
2024 68 65.7 70.1 79.5 77 82
2025 68.2 65.9 70.4 79.6 77.2 82.1

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 58.7 years in Rwanda and 63.9 in the United States. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.3 healthy years in Rwanda and 15.7 in the United States.

Rwanda vs United States life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Rwanda and the United States, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
42.2 vs 50.8 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.2 vs 80.8 years

Median expected age of death:
74.5 vs 84.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Rwanda United States
Male Female Male Female
40 96.4% 97.7% 98.0% 99.0%
50 89.8% 93.3% 95.1% 97.2%
60 77.7% 84.7% 88.6% 93.1%
65 68.4% 77.6% 83.3% 89.7%
70 56.6% 67.7% 76.6% 85.1%
75 42.3% 54.0% 67.6% 78.3%
80 27.1% 37.4% 55.6% 68.3%
85 13.7% 20.6% 40.2% 53.7%
90 4.9% 8.1% 22.4% 34.1%
95 1.1% 2.0% 7.8% 14.6%
100 0.1% 0.3% 1.3% 3.3%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Rwanda vs the United States: 72.2 years vs 80.8 at 30, 79 vs 85.1 at 65, 86.3 vs 89.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 68.2 vs 79.6 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Rwanda and the United States.

Rwanda
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Rwanda United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 68.2 65.9 70.4 79.6 77.2 82.1
1 70 67.8 72 80 77.6 82.5
2 70.3 68.1 72.3 80 77.7 82.5
3 70.4 68.2 72.4 80 77.7 82.5
4 70.6 68.4 72.5 80.1 77.7 82.5
5 70.6 68.4 72.6 80.1 77.7 82.5
6 70.7 68.5 72.7 80.1 77.7 82.5
7 70.7 68.6 72.7 80.1 77.7 82.5
8 70.8 68.6 72.8 80.1 77.7 82.5
9 70.8 68.7 72.8 80.1 77.7 82.6
10 70.9 68.7 72.8 80.1 77.7 82.6
11 70.9 68.7 72.9 80.1 77.8 82.6
12 70.9 68.8 72.9 80.1 77.8 82.6
13 71 68.8 72.9 80.1 77.8 82.6
14 71 68.8 73 80.1 77.8 82.6
15 71 68.9 73 80.1 77.8 82.6
16 71.1 68.9 73 80.2 77.8 82.6
17 71.1 69 73.1 80.2 77.8 82.6
18 71.2 69.1 73.1 80.2 77.9 82.6
19 71.3 69.1 73.2 80.2 77.9 82.7
20 71.3 69.2 73.2 80.3 78 82.7
21 71.4 69.3 73.3 80.3 78 82.7
22 71.5 69.4 73.3 80.4 78.1 82.7
23 71.6 69.5 73.4 80.4 78.2 82.8
24 71.6 69.6 73.5 80.5 78.3 82.8
25 71.7 69.7 73.5 80.5 78.3 82.8
26 71.8 69.8 73.6 80.6 78.4 82.9
27 71.9 69.9 73.7 80.7 78.5 82.9
28 72 70 73.7 80.7 78.6 82.9
29 72.1 70.1 73.8 80.8 78.7 83
30 72.2 70.2 73.9 80.8 78.7 83
31 72.3 70.3 74 80.9 78.8 83
32 72.4 70.5 74 81 78.9 83.1
33 72.5 70.6 74.1 81 79 83.1
34 72.6 70.7 74.2 81.1 79.1 83.2
35 72.7 70.8 74.3 81.2 79.2 83.2
36 72.8 71 74.4 81.2 79.3 83.3
37 72.9 71.1 74.5 81.3 79.3 83.3
38 73 71.2 74.6 81.4 79.4 83.4
39 73.2 71.4 74.7 81.5 79.5 83.4
40 73.3 71.5 74.8 81.5 79.6 83.5
41 73.4 71.7 74.9 81.6 79.7 83.5
42 73.6 71.9 75 81.7 79.8 83.6
43 73.7 72 75.2 81.8 79.9 83.7
44 73.9 72.2 75.3 81.9 80 83.7
45 74 72.4 75.4 81.9 80.1 83.8
46 74.2 72.6 75.6 82 80.2 83.9
47 74.4 72.8 75.7 82.1 80.3 83.9
48 74.6 73 75.9 82.2 80.4 84
49 74.8 73.2 76 82.3 80.5 84.1
50 74.9 73.4 76.2 82.4 80.7 84.2
51 75.2 73.7 76.4 82.6 80.8 84.3
52 75.4 73.9 76.5 82.7 81 84.4
53 75.6 74.2 76.7 82.8 81.1 84.5
54 75.8 74.5 76.9 83 81.3 84.6
55 76.1 74.7 77.1 83.1 81.5 84.7
56 76.3 75 77.3 83.3 81.7 84.9
57 76.6 75.3 77.6 83.5 81.9 85
58 76.8 75.6 77.8 83.6 82.1 85.2
59 77.1 75.9 78 83.8 82.3 85.3
60 77.4 76.3 78.3 84 82.5 85.5
61 77.7 76.6 78.5 84.2 82.7 85.6
62 78 77 78.8 84.4 83 85.8
63 78.3 77.3 79.1 84.6 83.2 86
64 78.7 77.7 79.4 84.9 83.5 86.1
65 79 78.1 79.7 85.1 83.8 86.3
66 79.4 78.5 80 85.3 84 86.5
67 79.8 78.9 80.4 85.6 84.3 86.7
68 80.2 79.4 80.7 85.8 84.6 86.9
69 80.6 79.8 81.1 86.1 84.9 87.1
70 81 80.3 81.5 86.3 85.2 87.3
71 81.4 80.8 81.9 86.6 85.5 87.5
72 81.9 81.3 82.3 86.9 85.8 87.8
73 82.4 81.8 82.8 87.2 86.2 88
74 82.9 82.3 83.2 87.5 86.5 88.3
75 83.4 82.9 83.7 87.8 86.9 88.6
76 83.9 83.5 84.2 88.1 87.2 88.9
77 84.5 84.1 84.8 88.5 87.6 89.2
78 85.1 84.7 85.3 88.8 88 89.5
79 85.7 85.3 85.9 89.2 88.4 89.8
80 86.3 85.9 86.5 89.6 88.9 90.2
81 86.9 86.6 87.1 90 89.3 90.6
82 87.5 87.3 87.7 90.4 89.8 90.9
83 88.2 88 88.3 90.9 90.2 91.4
84 88.9 88.7 89 91.4 90.7 91.8
85 89.6 89.4 89.7 91.8 91.3 92.2
86 90.3 90.2 90.4 92.3 91.8 92.7
87 91.1 90.9 91.2 92.9 92.4 93.2
88 91.8 91.7 91.9 93.5 93 93.8
89 92.6 92.5 92.7 94 93.6 94.3
90 93.4 93.3 93.5 94.7 94.2 94.9
91 94.2 94.1 94.3 95.3 94.9 95.5
92 95 95 95.1 96 95.6 96.2
93 95.8 95.8 95.9 96.7 96.3 96.9
94 96.7 96.6 96.7 97.4 97.1 97.6
95 97.5 97.5 97.6 98.2 97.9 98.3
96 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.9 98.7 99.1
97 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.7 99.5 99.8
98 100.2 100.2 100.2 100.5 100.3 100.6
99 101.1 101 101.1 101.4 101.2 101.4
100 102 101.9 102 102.2 102 102.3

Odds of living to age in Rwanda vs United States

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 76.3% in Rwanda and 89% in the United States are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 58.5% and 79.2% will live to 70 years or older, 30.6% and 60.7% to 80+ years, and 6.22% and 27.7% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Rwanda
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Rwanda United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.4% 97.2% 97.7% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
2 97.1% 96.8% 97.4% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
3 96.9% 96.6% 97.2% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
4 96.7% 96.4% 97% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
5 96.6% 96.3% 96.9% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
6 96.5% 96.2% 96.8% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
7 96.4% 96.1% 96.7% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
8 96.3% 96% 96.7% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
9 96.3% 95.9% 96.6% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
10 96.2% 95.9% 96.6% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
11 96.2% 95.8% 96.5% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
12 96.1% 95.8% 96.5% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
13 96.1% 95.7% 96.4% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
14 96% 95.6% 96.4% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
15 95.9% 95.6% 96.3% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
16 95.9% 95.5% 96.3% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
17 95.8% 95.4% 96.2% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
18 95.7% 95.2% 96.1% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
19 95.5% 95.1% 96% 99.2% 99% 99.3%
20 95.4% 94.9% 95.9% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
21 95.3% 94.7% 95.8% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
22 95.1% 94.6% 95.7% 98.9% 98.7% 99.2%
23 95% 94.4% 95.6% 98.8% 98.6% 99.1%
24 94.8% 94.2% 95.5% 98.8% 98.4% 99.1%
25 94.6% 94% 95.3% 98.7% 98.3% 99%
26 94.5% 93.7% 95.2% 98.6% 98.2% 99%
27 94.3% 93.5% 95.1% 98.4% 98% 98.9%
28 94.1% 93.3% 94.9% 98.3% 97.8% 98.9%
29 93.9% 93% 94.8% 98.2% 97.7% 98.8%
30 93.7% 92.8% 94.6% 98.1% 97.5% 98.7%
31 93.5% 92.5% 94.5% 98% 97.4% 98.6%
32 93.3% 92.3% 94.3% 97.8% 97.2% 98.6%
33 93% 92% 94.1% 97.7% 97% 98.5%
34 92.8% 91.7% 93.9% 97.6% 96.8% 98.4%
35 92.5% 91.3% 93.7% 97.4% 96.6% 98.3%
36 92.2% 91% 93.5% 97.3% 96.4% 98.2%
37 91.9% 90.6% 93.2% 97.1% 96.2% 98.1%
38 91.6% 90.3% 93% 97% 96% 98%
39 91.3% 89.8% 92.7% 96.8% 95.8% 97.8%
40 90.9% 89.4% 92.4% 96.6% 95.6% 97.7%
41 90.5% 89% 92.1% 96.4% 95.4% 97.6%
42 90.1% 88.5% 91.8% 96.3% 95.2% 97.5%
43 89.7% 88% 91.4% 96.1% 94.9% 97.3%
44 89.2% 87.4% 91% 95.9% 94.7% 97.2%
45 88.8% 86.8% 90.6% 95.6% 94.4% 97%
46 88.2% 86.2% 90.2% 95.4% 94.1% 96.8%
47 87.7% 85.6% 89.8% 95.2% 93.8% 96.6%
48 87.1% 84.9% 89.3% 94.9% 93.5% 96.4%
49 86.5% 84.1% 88.8% 94.6% 93.1% 96.2%
50 85.8% 83.3% 88.2% 94.3% 92.7% 95.9%
51 85.1% 82.5% 87.6% 93.9% 92.3% 95.6%
52 84.4% 81.6% 87% 93.5% 91.8% 95.3%
53 83.5% 80.6% 86.3% 93.1% 91.3% 95%
54 82.7% 79.6% 85.6% 92.6% 90.8% 94.7%
55 81.8% 78.5% 84.8% 92.1% 90.2% 94.3%
56 80.8% 77.3% 84% 91.6% 89.5% 93.9%
57 79.8% 76.1% 83.1% 91% 88.8% 93.4%
58 78.7% 74.9% 82.2% 90.4% 88.1% 92.9%
59 77.5% 73.5% 81.2% 89.7% 87.3% 92.4%
60 76.3% 72.1% 80.2% 89% 86.4% 91.9%
61 74.9% 70.5% 79% 88.3% 85.5% 91.3%
62 73.5% 68.9% 77.8% 87.5% 84.5% 90.7%
63 72% 67.2% 76.4% 86.6% 83.5% 90%
64 70.4% 65.4% 75% 85.7% 82.4% 89.3%
65 68.7% 63.5% 73.5% 84.8% 81.2% 88.6%
66 66.9% 61.5% 71.8% 83.8% 80% 87.8%
67 65% 59.4% 70.1% 82.7% 78.8% 87%
68 62.9% 57.2% 68.2% 81.6% 77.5% 86.1%
69 60.8% 54.9% 66.2% 80.5% 76.1% 85.1%
70 58.5% 52.5% 64% 79.2% 74.7% 84%
71 56.1% 50% 61.7% 77.9% 73.1% 82.9%
72 53.7% 47.5% 59.3% 76.4% 71.5% 81.7%
73 51% 44.8% 56.7% 74.9% 69.8% 80.3%
74 48.3% 42.1% 54% 73.3% 67.9% 78.9%
75 45.5% 39.3% 51.1% 71.5% 65.9% 77.3%
76 42.6% 36.5% 48.1% 69.6% 63.8% 75.6%
77 39.6% 33.6% 45% 67.6% 61.6% 73.8%
78 36.6% 30.8% 41.9% 65.4% 59.3% 71.8%
79 33.6% 27.9% 38.6% 63.1% 56.8% 69.7%
80 30.6% 25.2% 35.4% 60.7% 54.2% 67.4%
81 27.6% 22.4% 32.1% 58.1% 51.5% 64.9%
82 24.6% 19.8% 28.8% 55.3% 48.6% 62.3%
83 21.8% 17.3% 25.6% 52.4% 45.6% 59.4%
84 19% 14.9% 22.5% 49.3% 42.5% 56.3%
85 16.4% 12.7% 19.5% 46% 39.2% 53.1%
86 13.9% 10.7% 16.7% 42.6% 35.8% 49.5%
87 11.6% 8.82% 14% 39% 32.4% 45.8%
88 9.6% 7.19% 11.6% 35.3% 28.8% 41.9%
89 7.79% 5.76% 9.51% 31.5% 25.3% 37.8%
90 6.22% 4.55% 7.63% 27.7% 21.8% 33.6%
91 4.86% 3.52% 6% 24% 18.5% 29.5%
92 3.74% 2.68% 4.65% 20.4% 15.3% 25.4%
93 2.81% 1.99% 3.51% 17% 12.4% 21.4%
94 2.07% 1.45% 2.6% 13.8% 9.83% 17.8%
95 1.49% 1.04% 1.88% 11% 7.57% 14.4%
96 1.05% 0.72% 1.32% 8.54% 5.67% 11.3%
97 0.72% 0.49% 0.91% 6.45% 4.12% 8.7%
98 0.48% 0.33% 0.61% 4.73% 2.9% 6.49%
99 0.31% 0.21% 0.4% 3.37% 1.98% 4.69%
100 0.2% 0.14% 0.25% 2.32% 1.3% 3.28%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.55% in the birth year in Rwanda and 0.48% in the United States, 0.23% vs 0.13% at age 30, 1.76% vs 0.84% at 60, and 9.88% vs 4.29% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Rwanda compared to the United States at any given age.

Rwanda
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Rwanda United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.55% 2.82% 2.28% 0.48% 0.53% 0.43%
1 0.38% 0.39% 0.36% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
2 0.23% 0.25% 0.22% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
3 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
4 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
5 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
6 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
8 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
9 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
10 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.01% 0.01% 0.008%
11 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
12 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
14 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
15 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
16 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
17 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
18 0.12% 0.16% 0.09% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
19 0.14% 0.17% 0.1% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
20 0.15% 0.18% 0.11% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
21 0.15% 0.2% 0.11% 0.08% 0.12% 0.04%
22 0.16% 0.21% 0.12% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
23 0.17% 0.22% 0.12% 0.09% 0.14% 0.05%
24 0.18% 0.22% 0.13% 0.1% 0.14% 0.05%
25 0.18% 0.23% 0.14% 0.1% 0.15% 0.06%
26 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.11% 0.15% 0.06%
27 0.2% 0.25% 0.15% 0.11% 0.16% 0.06%
28 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.12% 0.16% 0.07%
29 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.12% 0.17% 0.07%
30 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 0.13% 0.17% 0.08%
31 0.24% 0.3% 0.19% 0.13% 0.18% 0.08%
32 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.14% 0.18% 0.09%
33 0.27% 0.33% 0.21% 0.14% 0.19% 0.09%
34 0.29% 0.35% 0.22% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
35 0.31% 0.37% 0.24% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
36 0.32% 0.4% 0.26% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
37 0.34% 0.42% 0.27% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
38 0.37% 0.45% 0.29% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
39 0.39% 0.48% 0.31% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
40 0.42% 0.51% 0.34% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
41 0.44% 0.54% 0.35% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
42 0.48% 0.58% 0.38% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
43 0.51% 0.62% 0.41% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
44 0.54% 0.66% 0.43% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
45 0.58% 0.71% 0.47% 0.25% 0.31% 0.19%
46 0.62% 0.76% 0.5% 0.27% 0.33% 0.2%
47 0.66% 0.82% 0.53% 0.29% 0.35% 0.22%
48 0.72% 0.88% 0.58% 0.31% 0.38% 0.24%
49 0.77% 0.95% 0.62% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
50 0.83% 1.03% 0.68% 0.37% 0.46% 0.29%
51 0.88% 1.1% 0.72% 0.41% 0.5% 0.31%
52 0.96% 1.19% 0.78% 0.45% 0.55% 0.34%
53 1.03% 1.27% 0.84% 0.49% 0.6% 0.37%
54 1.11% 1.36% 0.9% 0.54% 0.66% 0.41%
55 1.19% 1.46% 0.96% 0.59% 0.73% 0.44%
56 1.28% 1.56% 1.04% 0.63% 0.79% 0.48%
57 1.37% 1.68% 1.11% 0.69% 0.85% 0.52%
58 1.48% 1.81% 1.21% 0.74% 0.92% 0.55%
59 1.6% 1.95% 1.31% 0.79% 0.99% 0.59%
60 1.76% 2.14% 1.45% 0.84% 1.06% 0.63%
61 1.88% 2.29% 1.55% 0.91% 1.14% 0.68%
62 2.06% 2.5% 1.72% 0.97% 1.22% 0.72%
63 2.24% 2.7% 1.88% 1.04% 1.31% 0.78%
64 2.43% 2.92% 2.05% 1.11% 1.4% 0.83%
65 2.65% 3.17% 2.25% 1.17% 1.47% 0.88%
66 2.85% 3.4% 2.44% 1.25% 1.56% 0.95%
67 3.11% 3.69% 2.68% 1.33% 1.65% 1.03%
68 3.4% 4% 2.95% 1.43% 1.76% 1.12%
69 3.7% 4.33% 3.23% 1.55% 1.9% 1.23%
70 4.1% 4.75% 3.63% 1.68% 2.05% 1.35%
71 4.42% 5.11% 3.92% 1.85% 2.24% 1.49%
72 4.89% 5.61% 4.39% 2.01% 2.43% 1.64%
73 5.34% 6.09% 4.82% 2.21% 2.65% 1.81%
74 5.84% 6.62% 5.31% 2.42% 2.91% 2%
75 6.39% 7.2% 5.85% 2.65% 3.18% 2.19%
76 6.96% 7.8% 6.41% 2.91% 3.48% 2.41%
77 7.55% 8.44% 7% 3.18% 3.79% 2.67%
78 8.29% 9.2% 7.74% 3.5% 4.15% 2.95%
79 8.98% 9.94% 8.43% 3.87% 4.57% 3.29%
80 9.88% 10.9% 9.34% 4.29% 5.05% 3.67%
81 10.6% 11.7% 10.1% 4.78% 5.6% 4.11%
82 11.7% 12.7% 11.2% 5.29% 6.19% 4.59%
83 12.7% 13.8% 12.2% 5.9% 6.88% 5.16%
84 13.9% 14.9% 13.4% 6.61% 7.69% 5.84%
85 15% 16% 14.5% 7.44% 8.61% 6.63%
86 16.3% 17.3% 15.8% 8.41% 9.67% 7.55%
87 17.5% 18.5% 17% 9.54% 10.9% 8.61%
88 18.8% 19.8% 18.4% 10.8% 12.3% 9.76%
89 20.2% 21.1% 19.7% 12% 13.7% 11%
90 21.8% 22.6% 21.4% 13.4% 15.2% 12.3%
91 23% 23.9% 22.6% 15.1% 17.1% 13.9%
92 24.8% 25.5% 24.3% 16.7% 19% 15.5%
93 26.4% 27.1% 26% 18.5% 21% 17.2%
94 28.1% 28.7% 27.7% 20.4% 23% 19.1%
95 29.8% 30.3% 29.6% 22.4% 25.1% 21.1%
96 31.5% 31.9% 31.3% 24.5% 27.3% 23.2%
97 33.1% 33.4% 33% 26.6% 29.6% 25.4%
98 34.7% 34.8% 34.6% 28.9% 31.9% 27.7%
99 36.6% 36.6% 36.6% 31.1% 34.2% 30%
100 38.1% 38% 38.2% 33.3% 36.5% 32.2%

Death rate by age in Rwanda compared to the United States

In Rwanda, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 88 in the United States. The median age of death is 73.4 in Rwanda and 83.8 in the United States — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Rwanda
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Rwanda United States
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,554 2,824 2,280 480 526 432
1 366 379 354 46.6 51.7 41.3
2 227.4 239.3 215.2 17.6 19.9 15.2
3 158.7 168.5 148.6 15.3 17.4 13.2
4 117 124.5 109.3 13.1 14.7 11.4
5 90.8 96.9 84.5 10.7 11.8 9.6
6 76.7 83 70.3 9.83 10.7 8.92
7 67.6 74.2 60.9 9.64 10.5 8.74
8 60.5 66.9 54 9.33 10.2 8.38
9 55.9 62 49.7 9.24 10.3 8.12
10 53.8 59.9 47.6 9.7 11 8.28
11 53.8 60.4 47.1 10.4 11.8 8.88
12 55.8 62.8 48.7 11.8 13.3 10.1
13 60.3 68 52.6 14.5 16.8 12
14 67.7 77.2 58.1 18.7 22.7 14.5
15 78.2 90.3 66 24.4 31.3 17.2
16 91.1 107.6 74.4 32.3 43.4 20.5
17 104.6 126.7 82.2 43.8 60.7 25.8
18 119 147.7 90.2 56.5 79.9 31.6
19 129.4 162 96.8 67 96 36
20 138.7 174.7 102.9 75.2 108.7 39.4
21 146.3 185.6 107.3 82.7 120 42.9
22 153.7 195.2 112.9 88.5 128.1 46.2
23 160.3 203.2 118.5 92.8 133.8 49
24 166.5 210.1 124.5 97.3 139.5 52
25 172.7 216.9 130.2 101.9 145.2 55.4
26 179.5 223.6 137 107 151 59.5
27 187.3 231.6 144.2 112 156.6 63.8
28 195.7 240.6 151.6 116.3 161.3 67.6
29 204.9 250.5 159.6 120.8 165.8 72
30 216.1 263.1 169.1 124.8 168.9 76.9
31 224.4 273.2 175.6 128.9 172 82.1
32 238.3 289 187.9 134.2 177.1 87.5
33 251.1 304 198.8 139.2 182.8 91.9
34 265.7 321 210.9 144.1 188.3 96.1
35 282.7 341 225.6 148.5 192.6 100.6
36 299.2 360 239.6 153.6 197.5 106
37 317 382 253.8 159.4 203.3 111.7
38 338 405 272.2 165.1 209 117.2
39 358 429 289 171.7 216.1 123.3
40 384 458 310 177.9 222.3 129.5
41 403 481 326 184.9 229.1 136.8
42 432 514 351 192.7 236.9 144.8
43 456 544 371 204.3 249.6 155.2
44 484 578 394 219.8 267.7 168.1
45 517 618 422 237.3 288.3 182.1
46 547 655 447 255.4 310 196.9
47 583 699 478 274.6 332 212.7
48 624 748 515 296.6 358 230.6
49 664 798 551 323 389 251.6
50 717 859 598 352 425 274.4
51 753 904 628 386 465 300
52 811 968 681 419 505 326
53 860 1,023 721 456 551 353
54 915 1,083 769 497 603 383
55 970 1,144 816 539 654 416
56 1,030 1,208 872 581 704 449
57 1,091 1,276 926 624 756 482
58 1,166 1,356 997 666 808 514
59 1,240 1,437 1,064 709 861 548
60 1,341 1,542 1,164 752 914 581
61 1,408 1,614 1,228 803 975 619
62 1,517 1,724 1,339 851 1,034 656
63 1,610 1,816 1,433 903 1,095 699
64 1,710 1,911 1,537 952 1,150 741
65 1,817 2,010 1,653 995 1,197 782
66 1,908 2,090 1,752 1,048 1,251 835
67 2,020 2,188 1,876 1,102 1,304 893
68 2,140 2,288 2,013 1,167 1,366 963
69 2,248 2,378 2,137 1,245 1,443 1,045
70 2,400 2,494 2,321 1,332 1,529 1,132
71 2,479 2,554 2,418 1,438 1,637 1,236
72 2,627 2,663 2,602 1,537 1,735 1,338
73 2,724 2,728 2,730 1,652 1,851 1,454
74 2,823 2,785 2,866 1,774 1,973 1,574
75 2,907 2,827 2,990 1,896 2,097 1,696
76 2,964 2,843 3,086 2,022 2,219 1,826
77 2,993 2,837 3,151 2,151 2,336 1,967
78 3,037 2,833 3,241 2,289 2,458 2,121
79 3,016 2,778 3,255 2,445 2,599 2,293
80 3,020 2,733 3,305 2,605 2,741 2,472
81 2,921 2,613 3,223 2,773 2,885 2,668
82 2,880 2,524 3,218 2,926 3,008 2,858
83 2,768 2,381 3,124 3,092 3,138 3,068
84 2,638 2,226 3,008 3,258 3,264 3,290
85 2,457 2,034 2,829 3,422 3,375 3,517
86 2,263 1,839 2,631 3,584 3,466 3,740
87 2,038 1,630 2,388 3,724 3,529 3,945
88 1,809 1,422 2,138 3,795 3,534 4,085
89 1,572 1,216 1,873 3,786 3,461 4,147
90 1,355 1,028 1,631 3,719 3,326 4,151
91 1,120 841 1,356 3,614 3,157 4,105
92 926 684 1,131 3,406 2,910 3,930
93 742 540 913 3,137 2,610 3,685
94 582 417 721 2,821 2,262 3,386
95 445 314 556 2,467 1,899 3,033
96 329 230.3 414 2,091 1,546 2,631
97 237.2 164.2 299.9 1,719 1,219 2,211
98 166 114 210.7 1,367 926 1,797
99 114.5 78.2 145.8 1,049 677 1,409
100 11.1 3.64 18.2 670 334 992

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Rwanda and the United States demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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